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Title: Bee Hunting
A Book of Valuable Information for Bee Hunters - Tell How
to Line Bees to Trees, Etc.

Author: John Ready Lockard

Release Date: October 8, 2010 [EBook #34044]

Language: English

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BEE HUNTING

A BOOK OF VALUABLE INFORMATION
FOR BEE HUNTERS--TELL HOW TO
LINE BEES TO TREES, ETC.

BY
JOHN R. LOCKARD

Published by
A. R. HARDING, Publisher
Columbus, Ohio

Copyright 1908
By A. R. HARDING PUB. CO.

CONTENTS

I. Bee Hunting

II. Early Spring Hunting

III. Bees Watering--How to Find Them

IV. Hunting Bees from Sumac

V. Hunting Bees from Buckwheat

VI. Fall Hunting

VII. Improved Method of Burning

VIII. Facts About Line of Flight

IX. Baits and Scents

X. Cutting the Tree and Transferring

XI. Customs and Ownership of Wild Bees

XII. Benefactors and Their Inventions

XIII. Bee Keeping for Profit

SOME MEMORIES OF BEE HUNTING

I was born in a little valley, hemmed in by mountains running north
and south on either side. It varies in width from one to three
miles from the foot of one range to the other. From my home I have
a clear view of these beautiful Mountains and, as these mountains
and lowlands teemed with game of all kind, and being heavily
timbered, made an ideal location for the home of the wild bee. From
early youth I loved to lure the wild turkey, stalk the deer and
line the bee to his home. Is it any wonder that after forty years
of undiminished passion for sports of this kind that I can
truthfully say there is scarcely a square rod of these mountains
that is not indelibly impressed on my mind in connection with some
of the above mentioned sports or pastimes? I will confine myself in
this work to the subject of Bee Hunting, believing it to be one of
the most fascinating and beneficial of pastimes.

PREFACE

In the preparation of this work, it has been my aim to instruct the
beginner in the art of bee hunting, rather than offer suggesti